COMMONWEALTH FORESTRY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 250739 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q5153746

The mission of the CFA is to promote the conservation and sustainable management of the world's forests and the contribution they make to peoples livelihoods. Its purpose is to support the professional development of those working with trees and forests, particularly in Commonwealth Countries.

Objects

1) TO FOSTER PUBLIC INTEREST IN FORESTRY. 2) TO SECURE GENERAL RECOGNITION OF THE DEPENDENCE OF TIMBER SUPPLY UPON FOREST MANAGEMENT. 3) TO COLLECT AND CIRCULATE INFORMATION RELATING TO FORESTRY AND THE COMMERICAL UTILIZATION OF FOREST PRODUCTS. 4) TO FORM A CENTRE FOR ALL ENGAGED IN FORESTRY. 5) TO PROVIDE A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ALL CONCERNED. 6) TO SECURE GENERAL RECOGNITION OF THE BENEFICIAL INFLUENCE OF TREES AND FORESTS IN RELATION TO CLIMATE, THE CONSERVATION OF LAND AND WATER RESOURCES AND TO THE CONSERVATION OF WILD LIFE.

Area of benefit: COMMONWEALTH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Shropshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus for the year, reducing the deficit from £12,502 in 2024 to £3,938 in 2025. Net assets increased by £7,139 to £189,206, with the trustees considering these reserves sufficient for approximately three years of operation. The financial position was deemed satisfactory to meet current commitments, and the accounts were prepared on a going-concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Marcus John Robbins
• Dr Mary Hobley
• JOHN MURRAY HUDSON OBE

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Australia · Canada · India · Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NATIONAL FOREST COMPANY.

• THE NATIONAL FOREST COMPANY income £11.2m
• FOREST PEOPLES PROGRAMME income £9.6m
• WALESBY FOREST income £1.5m
• LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND FARMING income £3.2m
• COMBINED CADET FORCE ASSOCIATION income £2.1m
• THE COMMONWEALTH PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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